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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 25 May 1917, Page 4

At the Ist of January of Hie present year t^ere were 833,238 me^ m Australia between the ages of 13 nnd 45 which constitute the recruits {j rn {t' Of that total 378,129 are *<>i;r? e n , en and 455,109 are married. o'iponslpnd holds +he uniaue position of 'being the only State wherein sinrrlo lvon" arc more numerous than married mon" The totals of eligible mci in the various States are: Quo<wl"M 196.400; New South Wales) 320,948Victoria, 217,711; South Australia' 68.235; Western Australia, 65,428:* nnd Tasmania, 32.516. Deducting the tot.il of 20,000 enlistments for the period from January 1 to April 29, there are still 813,000 men from whom reinforcements rould be drawn.